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Bioethics of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: part 1. Should bioethical deliberation consider dissidents' views?

Bmj Publishing Group Ltd And Institute Of Medical Ethics

Journal of Medical Ethics 24 (6):375-375 (1998)

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Medical confidentiality and the protection of Jehovah's Witnesses' autonomous refusal of blood.O. Muramoto - 2000 - Journal of Medical Ethics 26 (5):381-386.details Mr Ridley of the Watch Tower Society , the controlling religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses , mischaracterises the issue of freedom and confidentiality in JWs' refusal of blood by confusing inconsistent organisational policies with actual Biblical proscriptions. Besides exaggeration and distortion of my writings, Ridley failed to present substantive evidence to support his assertion that no pressure exists to conform to organisational policy nor systematic monitoring which compromises medical confidentiality. In this refutation, I present proof from the WTS's literature, supported (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations
Point of Contention: The Scriptural Basis for the Jehovah's Witnesses' Refusal of Blood Transfusions.John R. Spencer - 2002 - Christian Bioethics 8 (1):63-90.details John R. Spencer; A Point of Contention: The Scriptural Basis for the Jehovah's Witnesses' Refusal of Blood Transfusions, Christian bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Stu. Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Refusal of potentially life-saving blood transfusions by Jehovah's Witnesses: should doctors explain that not all JWs think it's religiously required?R. Gillon - 2000 - Journal of Medical Ethics 26 (5):299-301.details In this issue of the journal “Lee Elder”,1 a pseudonymous dissident Jehovah's Witness , previously an Elder of that faith and still a JW, joins the indefatigable Dr Muramoto2–5 in arguing that even by their own religious beliefs based on biblical scriptures JWs are not required to refuse potentially life-saving blood transfusions. Just as the “official” JW hierarchy has accepted that biblical scriptures do not forbid the transfusion or injection of blood fractions so too JW theology logically can and should (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 7 citations
Rationality, religion and refusal of treatment in an ambulance revisited.Kate McMahon-Parkes - 2013 - Journal of Medical Ethics 39 (9):587-590.details In their recent article, Erbay et al considered whether a seriously injured patient should be able to refuse treatment if the refusal was based on a (mis)interpretation of religious doctrine. They argued that in such a case ‘what is important…is whether the teaching or philosophy used as a reference point has been in fact correctly perceived’ (p 653). If it has not been, they asserted that this eroded the patient's capacity to make an autonomous decision and that therefore, in such (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Why some Jehovah's Witnesses accept blood and conscientiously reject official Watchtower Society blood policy.L. Elder - 2000 - Journal of Medical Ethics 26 (5):375-380.details In their responses to Dr Osamu Muramoto Watchtower Society spokesmen David Malyon and Donald Ridley ,1–3 deny many of the criticisms levelled against the WTS by Muramoto.4–6 In this paper I argue as a Jehovah's Witness and on behalf of the members of AJWRB that there is no biblical basis for the WTS's partial ban on blood and that this dissenting theological view should be made clear to all JW patients who reject blood on religious grounds. Such patients should be (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 6 citations

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